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Research
and technological development in combination with continuous quality control
and genetic improvement constitute main activities of the company. HELLENIC
SUGAR INDUSTRY is the sole producer in Greece giving special emphasis to the
support of all its productive procedures through the most modern technological
advances. To this effect an extensive project takes place of an oriented research
and technological advance (E & TA). At the same time specialized scientists
undertake to transfer know-how from research efforts being made abroad and
to make adaptations to the data of the company. A part of this project is
incorporated and implemented within the framework of funded programs (national
and the European Union) as for example, EPET, EPE, PABET, Communal initiatives
e.t.c. in cooperation with University institutions of high prestige in Greece
and abroad. The program E & TA has mainly the following directions:
In
order for the company to secure the quantitative and qualitative sufficiency
of the necessary raw material, it takes under its supervision the central
planning and the responsibility of conducting the beet-growing.
Guidance of the producers in all levels consists mainly
of:
- Agronomic research aiming at optimization of the production co-efficients.
- Phytopathological research aiming at protecting the beet plantations.
Similar researches take place also in the industrial sector aiming at the constant incorporation of new technologies aiming at the optimization of the operation of the productive units (sugar factories) during the sugar production and the various by-products (e.g. modeling-energy saving e.t.c.).
Research in seedproduction and in seed technology aims at providing support in the sector of seedproduction and seed treatment which is a significant contribution from the economic viewpoint. The research made comprises mainly the following objects:
One
of the remarkably significant programs of the company is the one of the Genetic
improvement for the creation of sugarbeet varieties acclimatized to the agro-climatic
peculiarities of Greece. The extensive research program concerns all the sectors
of relevant interest and all levels (plant-tissue-cell-chromosome-gene). Basic
directions of the research aiming at creating the appropriate genetic material,
include the endurance to biotic and abiotic factors, the upgraded quality
and the optimum productive potential. The Greek varieties cover a part of
the beet-growing with perspectives of their wider usage, whereas at the same
time an investigation is made about their successful presentation and the
purchase of adjacent beet-producing regions under similar agronomic conditions.
The research and development department uses the Biotechnology of the state-of- the art for the next years, which provides many possibilities of reinforcing basic productive sectors of the company while at the same time widens the perspectives of further developmental initiatives. The company by empasizing this sector has moved along the development and exploitation of these new "agrobiotechnologies" with main sectors of interest:
Research and technological development |